diff --git a/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp b/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
index 87f9a1768..5d55b43f2 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ void CMenuOptionChooser::setOption(const int newvalue)
 	*optionValue = newvalue;
 }
 
-int CMenuOptionChooser::getOption(void) const
+int CMenuOptionChooser::getOption(void)
 {
 	return *optionValue;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/menue.h b/src/gui/widget/menue.h
index 0e96950ad..13eb66ef7 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/menue.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/menue.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class CMenuForwarder : public CMenuItem
 	const std::string *	option_string_ptr;
 	CMenuTarget *		jumpTarget;
 
-	virtual std::string getOption(void);
+	std::string getOption(void);
 
  public:
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class CMenuOptionChooser : public CAbstractMenuOptionChooser
 		~CMenuOptionChooser();
 
 		void setOption(const int newvalue);
-		int getOption(void) const;
+		int getOption(void);
 		int getWidth(void);
 		void setOptions(const struct keyval * const Options, const unsigned Number_Of_Options);
 		void setOptions(const struct keyval_ext * const Options, const unsigned Number_Of_Options);